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Microsoft AI Chief Discusses Safety Risks of Testing 10x-Larger Models Without Guardrails

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In a Bloomberg Q&A, Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman addressed recent AI safety incidents and the risks of testing models ten times larger without proper guardrails. He also advocated for a cross-industry safety body and suggested that governments should help drive the evaluation process for AI models.

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    Q&A with Mustafa Suleyman on recent AI safety incidents, risks of removing guardrails while testing 10x-larger future models, a cross-industry safety body, more (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

    Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : Q&A with Mustafa Suleyman on recent AI safety incidents, risks of removing guardrails while testing 10x-larger future models, a cross-industry safety body, more — The software giant's AI chief also thinks the government should help “drive” the process of evaluating models.

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